Setup 2nd DA server

[Conrad]

I hope someone can help me out with this:

I have a DA server with eg. hostname:
server1.domain.com

I registered the ns hosts with GoDaddy:
ns1.domain.com and
ns2.domain.com

And my dns is propperly working.

Now i want to install a second DA server.
At Godaddy i add the:
ns3.domain.com
ns4.domain.com

hostname on 2nd server will be: server2.domain.com

Do i have to setup the same domain name on the 2nd server
as i did on the first one?

Or is it better to choose a different domain for the 2nd server?


I'm a bit confused and hope someone can help me with this.

Thanks.

 

[DirectAdmin Support]

Hello,

domain.com would still only be resolved on one machine. For that reason, the only thing you'd need to do when adding ns3 and ns4 would be to:
- register the nameservers at your registrar (done)
- add 2 A records for ns3 and ns4 in the domain.com zone on server1.
- add a full dns zone for server2.domain.com on server1, so that server2.domain.com resolves (server1 is used for domain.com) and so that it has an MX record.

You don't need to add "domain.com" to server2.

John

 

[Conrad]

Thanks for your reply John,

But when server1.domain.com is down, server2 cannot be
resolved? Or do i have to setup the "Multi Server Setup"?

Conrad